Overview
- The Enforcement Directorate signed the renewed memorandum of agreement with the National Forensic Sciences University on Friday to extend their partnership for another five years.
- Under the pact, NFSU will consult on setting up and upgrading Cyber Forensic Laboratories for the ED, covering infrastructure, advanced forensic equipment and ongoing technical support.
- NFSU will deliver short- and long-term training programmes to upskill ED officers in practical techniques such as device imaging, malware analysis and network forensics.
- The collaboration emphasizes specialist capabilities including cryptocurrency and blockchain tracing so investigators can follow digital money flows in complex financial crime cases.
- The renewal builds on a 2021 agreement in which NFSU helped establish regional digital forensic labs, and it signals a continued push to align ED’s technical capacity with its mandates under money‑laundering and foreign‑exchange laws.